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Side Glances: A guide to collectible sleepers of the lowest rank (Top Ten Worst Cars T0 Collect).
Road&Track ^
| June 2006
| By Peter Egan, Editor-at-Large
Posted on 10/26/2006 10:04:43 AM PDT by sully777
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1974 Austin Marina
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posted on
10/26/2006 10:04:47 AM PDT
by
sully777
To: Las Vegas Dave; mom4kittys; ctyankee00; Hegemony Cricket; JamesP81; Millee; wingnut1971; ...
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Worst Car Ping!!!
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posted on
10/26/2006 10:07:16 AM PDT
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: sully777
1971 Subaru 360 Coupe
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posted on
10/26/2006 10:09:45 AM PDT
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: sully777
To: sully777
The Ford Cortina didn't make the list?
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posted on
10/26/2006 10:11:15 AM PDT
by
Deguello
To: sully777
They should have included Vega - any year any model.......
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posted on
10/26/2006 10:11:18 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(CONGRESS NEEDS TO BE DE-FOLEY-ATED...............................)
To: MadIvan; Irish_Thatcherite; Happygal; Aussie Dasher; Khurkris; CarrotAndStick
Do you have a Worst Automobile list? -- ping
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posted on
10/26/2006 10:11:38 AM PDT
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: ConservativeMind
Looks more like the "new" Nova...........(Toyota/GM).......
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posted on
10/26/2006 10:12:20 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(CONGRESS NEEDS TO BE DE-FOLEY-ATED...............................)
To: sully777
1971 Ford Pinto. Exposed gas tank in rear. The original rolling hibachi grill.
To: ConservativeMind
Chevy/Toyota Nova.........
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posted on
10/26/2006 10:14:10 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(CONGRESS NEEDS TO BE DE-FOLEY-ATED...............................)
To: Red Badger
Someone in my high school took a '72 Vega and dropped a small block V-8. It was black with chrome mags. Nasty little car that could haul @ss long before the tuners took over the streets.
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posted on
10/26/2006 10:14:26 AM PDT
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: sully777
Excellent mosqito control vehicle. They laid down a cloud of oil smoke that no pteradactyl-sized mosquito dared penetrate.
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posted on
10/26/2006 10:14:35 AM PDT
by
Toby06
To: sully777
Nope. I'm interested in being added in if you create one, though! :^)
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posted on
10/26/2006 10:15:31 AM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: andy58-in-nh
So they say, but does anyone really know anyone who had a pinto catch fire after being rear-ended?
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posted on
10/26/2006 10:16:09 AM PDT
by
Toby06
To: sully777
How about the '70 Opel GT?
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posted on
10/26/2006 10:17:28 AM PDT
by
BluH2o
To: andy58-in-nh
Speed Network played some old 1970's NASCAR show (forgot the name) which road tested new Detroit offerings at the end of the program. They road tested the Matador and the Pinto. The cars barely stopped without locking the brakes and the slalom made me very thankful for today's cars. IIRC, the Matador almost flipped hitting the slalom at 45 mph.
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posted on
10/26/2006 10:18:04 AM PDT
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: BluH2o
Is there a nightmare you wish to share?
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posted on
10/26/2006 10:19:38 AM PDT
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: sully777
"The Dauphine had a plastic reverse gear that always failed...As I recall, the mainline GM RWD automatic transmissions in the 1970s had a nylon band on the reverse clutchpack. Really, GM, you couldn't use metal? No one anticipated that the hot-cold cycling might make the nylon brittle?
And as for jacking that other Renault with only the doors closed, I know of one Taurus in my family whose doors wouldn't open while the car was up on a jack. It doesn't have a frame, so why are we surprised?
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posted on
10/26/2006 10:21:57 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(CNN is an insidiously treasonous, enemy propaganda organ.)
To: Toby06
Yes - there were a couple of big lawsuits in the mid-70's. It was a serious design flaw that was fixed in later models. If memory serves, in '73, larger rear bumpers were required on all American cars and that coupled with some structural support solved the problem. At least it solved that problem. The Pinto had a few others as well....
To: Red Badger
Those things were a crime against humanity.
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posted on
10/26/2006 10:22:47 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(CNN is an insidiously treasonous, enemy propaganda organ.)
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